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A review by grimalkintoes
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Krystal Sutherland offers up an alluring urban fairytale with House of Hollow. Following the lives of the ethereal Hollow sisters after a fateful disappearance on a New Years' evening when they were children, this YA novel is nothing short of haunting. The aesthetics of the prose were the shining grace of this book, Sutherland evoking the frightful feeling of being stalked in the forest, eyes ever watchful.
“You are like the death flowers that grow rampant in your wake: lovely to look at, intoxicating even, but get too close and you will soon learn that there is something rank beneath. That’s what beauty often is, in nature. A warning. A disguise.”
“You are like the death flowers that grow rampant in your wake: lovely to look at, intoxicating even, but get too close and you will soon learn that there is something rank beneath. That’s what beauty often is, in nature. A warning. A disguise.”